Jorge Luis Borges - Libro delle Visioni FMR - 1980

VISIONARY BOOK OF THE CODICES Codex Vindobonensis 8629 with a text by Jorge Luis Borges.
Volume 26 of the series "I segni dell'uomo" was printed in October 1980 by Franco Levi under the direction of Franco Maria Ricci. The typeface used is Bodoni. The handmade laid paper was prepared in the round form at the Miliani paper mills in Fabriano. This volume is No. 60 belonging to the first edition of three thousand numbered copies. Blue paper. The volume in its original box is absolutely perfect. Black silk binding with gold-impressed titles and photo-application on the cover. Also preserved is the control tag.

The volume presents the paintings for the lavish funeral ceremonies of Polish nobility with an important essay on the iconography by Mariusz Karpowicz. In addition to Borges’ prologue (who also signs as "25 August 1983"), the fascinating volume includes texts devoted to the world of the dead beyond ours: Plato, Cicero, Thomas Wright, Bede, Orderic Vitalis, Cervantes, Shakespeare, etc...

Magnificent color illustrations. I purchased the book as soon as it was released, then put it back on the shelf; opened again only now for the photographs. Like new, absolutely perfect for a collector."